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Miyamoto Says Wind Waker Was Boring

Posted by Zonk on from the i-liked-it dept.

Eurogamer has a talk with Shigeru Miyamoto, maker of the Legend of Zelda series, where he reveals frustrations with The Wind Waker. From the article: "At the end of the production we fought against the clock and there were parts that I was forced to approve even though it didn't feel complete...I apologise that we didn't fix the triforce hunt at the end of the game. It was slow and dull." Seems like designers slagging their old games is a growing trend.

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  1. Ironic that he forced it through production by hunterx11 · · Score: 5, Informative

    In his own words, "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever."

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  2. Actually by aztektum · · Score: 5, Informative

    Eiji Aonuma said it was "dull", and that was in reference to the Triforce hunt late in the game. Miyamoto only said that he's heard the complaints and they're working to make Twilight Princess the Zelda game everyone wants it to be.

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    1. Re:Actually by dogbowl · · Score: 1, Informative

      And as I understand it, Nintendo reworked and slimmed down the triforce hunt for the North American release. A friend who played the Japanese version mentioned that the hunt at the end was even longer!

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    2. Re:Actually by Elranzer · · Score: 2, Informative

      Nope. I own both versions and the game is exactly the same in both languages, except the fact that they're in two different languages.

  3. Slagging??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Seems like designers slagging their old games is a growing trend.

    1 entry found for slagging.
    slag n.
    1. The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.
    2. See scoria.
    tr. & intr.v. slagged, slagging, slags
    To change into or form slag.

  4. Still one of the top games of the year... by techstar25 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Even though a self-described "boring" game, it still ended up on most websites' top 10 lists, and was chosen game of the year by others. That guy has the highest of standards.
    Don't believe me? Read the reviews from Metacritic.